Organic Matters

By Irish Organic Association

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Organic Matters Podcast is brought to you every Saturday by the Irish Organic Association. Our host Hannah Quinn-Mulligan will expertly guide you through each episode as we meet organic farmers and food producers from all over Ireland. We have been certifying organic farms and businesses for 40 years and we bring you a flavour of why organic matters now more than ever. Meet some of our fantastic members discussing how organic is central to their business. Tune in every Saturday at 12 noon.

Episode Date
Season 3: Tillage farm growing gluten free oats, miscanthus and installing solar panels
May 11, 2024
Season 3: Suckler farm switching to organics
Apr 27, 2024
Season 3: Building an organic egg business
Apr 13, 2024
Season 3: Starting an organic flour mill as a farmer
Apr 02, 2024
Season 3: Mastering the composting of farmyard manure
Mar 16, 2024
Season 3: Plans to use lupins as cattle feed and other organic tillage
Mar 02, 2024
Season 2: From conventional dairy farmer to organic Wagyu beef entrepreneur
Dec 09, 2023
Season 2: Direct selling organic dexter beef and working with other organic farmers
Dec 02, 2023
Season 2: Building a bread business on organic foundations
Nov 25, 2023
Season 2: Finishing Organic Lamb and Shepherd's Huts for Agri-tourism
Nov 18, 2023
Season 2: Bord Bia Marketing & Promotional Plans for Irish Organics
Nov 11, 2023
Season 2: Converting to Organic Farming - How to Join the IOA Part 2
Nov 04, 2023
Season 2: Converting to Organic Farming - How to Join the IOA Part 1
Oct 28, 2023
Season 2: Ireland’s Strategy for Organics and the New Organic Trading Hub
Oct 21, 2023
Season 2: Producing Organic seaweed fertiliser for customers all over the world
Oct 14, 2023
Season 2: "Don't worry about what the neighbour thinks"
Oct 07, 2023
Season 2: The future for Glenisk
Sep 30, 2023
Season 2: Irish organic farmer up for big European award
Sep 23, 2023
Season 2: Applying lime and animal husbandry in suckler farming
Sep 16, 2023
Season 2: Creating an organic garden in an Irish hotel
Sep 09, 2023
Season 2: Manure master class
Sep 02, 2023
Season 2: Urgent need to develop organic markets
Aug 26, 2023
Season 2: Dealing with paperwork in a successful organic farm business
Aug 19, 2023
Season 2: Smoothing the way for organic skincare
Aug 12, 2023
Season 2: Aiming for biodynamic certification and sheep farming
Aug 05, 2023
Season 2: Starting a successful salad growing business
Jul 29, 2023
Season 2: Growing your own animal feed and Stabiliser cattle
Jul 22, 2023
Season 2: 'Getting bigger doesn't mean getting better' - Green Earth Organics
Jul 15, 2023
Season 2: English farm processing 30,000 litres of milk a day
Jul 08, 2023
Season 2: Farm diversification and conservation in the Burren
Jun 24, 2023
Season 2: Experimenting with min till and agro-foresty
Jun 17, 2023
Season 2: Developing an organic market for buyers and sellers
Jun 10, 2023
Season 2: How to make high quality organic silage
Jun 03, 2023
Season 2: Taking on the family farm business
May 28, 2023
Season 2: Secrets to successful farm diversifcation in Canada
May 27, 2023
Season 2: Feeding over 200 beef cattle and building a shed
May 20, 2023
Season 2: Korean Natural Farming - creating your own farm inputs
May 13, 2023
Season 2: Switching enterprises and organic rosé veal
May 06, 2023
Season 2: The do's and don'ts of growing clover and MSS
Apr 29, 2023
Season 2: Organic TAMS and how to make good quality silage
Apr 22, 2023
Season 2: Finishing organic poultry and targeting high-end markets
Apr 15, 2023
Season 2: Microbes helping to grow grass and crops
Apr 08, 2023
Season 2: Soil impact on crop fertility, livestock and SCC
Apr 01, 2023
Season 2: Growth in demand and challenges for organic seed sector
Mar 25, 2023
Season 2: Striving for optimum soil health
Mar 25, 2023
Season 2: Genetics and Sheep
Mar 18, 2023
Season 2: Finding organic seed and how to grow or sow it
Mar 11, 2023
Season 2: Saving Ireland's heritage orchards and seeds
Mar 04, 2023
Organic smoked salmon
Nov 26, 2022
Doubling organics in Denmark
Nov 19, 2022
Selling 12,000 litres of organic milk a day
Nov 12, 2022
Organic farmer wins national Farming for Nature award
Nov 05, 2022
What do organic farmers think of ACRES?
Oct 29, 2022
Dairy dilemmas from California to Scotland
Oct 22, 2022
Direct selling vegetables
Oct 15, 2022
The future of organic lamb: what sheep farmers need to know
Oct 08, 2022
***Podcast Special on Entering Organics*** - Episode 3: Farm Finances
Oct 07, 2022
***Podcast Special on Entering Organics*** - Second Episode: Organic Housing and Sheds
Oct 07, 2022
How much will organic farmers get from ACRES?
Oct 01, 2022
Demand for organics at the Ploughing
Sep 24, 2022
***Podcast Special on Entering Organics*** - First Episode
Sep 19, 2022
Scottish organic farmer selling 33,000 litres of milk/week to customers
Sep 17, 2022
"Thoughtful tillage" and Holistic Grazing
Sep 10, 2022
Comfrey tea compost and Christmas turkeys
Sep 03, 2022
Brexit provides opportunity for organic cheese
Aug 27, 2022
Switching from Holistic to Short Grass grazing in organic dairy
Aug 20, 2022
Getting up to €11/kg for lamb and selling seaweed fertiliser
Aug 13, 2022
Ireland's only organic plant nursery
Aug 06, 2022
Agri-tourism on a suckler farm
Jul 30, 2022
Converting from conventional suckler to organic dairy farming
Jul 23, 2022
New Organic and Biological Agriculture Masters
Jul 16, 2022
Building a successful horticulture business
Jul 09, 2022
Organic farmers get priorty access to ACRES scheme and summer farm management tips
Jul 02, 2022
Discovering a symbiosis between conventional dairy and organic tillage
Jun 25, 2022
Creating the perfect organic 'corner shop'
Jun 18, 2022
Poultry enabling a switch to full-time farming
Jun 11, 2022
'Potential for growth in organics' - European Commissioner on Irish organics sector
Jun 04, 2022
Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski on organic farming in Ireland
May 30, 2022
Finishing cattle on red clover silage and selling out of sucklers
May 28, 2022
From calving cows to cappuccinos - one farm's journey to starting an organic café
May 21, 2022
Giving sheep a chance - adding value to wool
May 14, 2022
Making more from salad than cows - organic horticulture in Cork
May 07, 2022
Sowing clover and MSS in an organic system
Apr 30, 2022
Developing an on-farm café and growing organic crops for human consumption
Apr 23, 2022
Slurry treatments, farm nutrient requirements and meeting climate targets
Apr 16, 2022
Direct selling raw organic milk - a farmer's view
Apr 09, 2022
Urban Co-op: buying, selling and sourcing organic food
Apr 02, 2022
Organic tillage and weed control
Mar 26, 2022
Finishing cattle on combi-crops and the how the Organic Farming Scheme might look in the future!
Mar 16, 2022
Organic flour in Monaghan
Mar 08, 2022
Entering organic farming in Westmeath
Mar 03, 2022